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Jan 13, 2019 at 7:01 PMJan 13, 2019 at 7:01 PM

Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival

Harrison School for the Arts had 15 films screen at the Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival. Seven were nominated for awards: "Battle of the Air Bands" for Best Editing and Best High School Student Film, "Daddy Issues" for Best Action or Crime Film and Best High School Student Film, "Heart to Heart" for Best High School Student Film, "Playtime" for Best High School Student Film and "Shutter" for Best High School Student Film. The awards ceremony, called "The Buffy's," was held Dec. 8 at Britton Theater in Tampa. Festival programmers deemed several of the films to be of high enough quality to be bumped up to screen with the professional shorts category. The school took the award for Best High School Short Film for "Daddy Issues," written and directed by Josh Ceranic. The school also found out that two films, "Shutter" and "Freewheel," written and directed by Hollis Rosenkranz, were accepted into the 2019 Dunedin International Film Festival held Jan. 11-13.

International Award of Distinction

Linda Christian, president of Lakeland Beta Sigma Phi's Gamma Eta Master chapter, was awarded the BSP International Award of Distinction, which is the highest honor that an active member can receive. The award was presented at a meeting held at the Estates at Carpenters, with representatives from Lakeland chapters Gamma Tau Master, Xi Gamma Rho, Torchbearer Kappa and Torchbearer Alpha. All members of Gamma Eta Master participated in a "This is Your Life" program covering the many activities Linda was responsible for in her 47 years in Beta Sigma Phi (18 years in Lakeland).

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